Improvement in machines for cutting the ends of hoops



LonENzo N. HL Wins, or sWANsEY, NEW HAMPsHrR-n.

Letters-Patent No. 110.462.` dated December 27, 1870.

IMPRVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING 'I'HE ENDS 0F HQQPS.

- The Schedule referred to inthese Lettera Patent and making part ofthe lume,

all whmnz't may concern:

Be itknown vthat I, LORENZO N. HEWES, of Swansey, 1n the county of Cheshire and State ofNew Hom pshire. have invented a new and improved Machine for Cutting the Ends'of Barrel or ot-her Hoops; and I do lhereby declare that the following isa. full, clear, end -exaet description thereofi'referenoe being heid to the t accompniying drawing forming a. part of this speciiication This invention vconsists in a machine forsharpeningia,rrelhoops in' one operation, the principai elejme'nts of which area tapering bed' on'which the hoop iris placed, and a parir oif shear-like knives inclined toward each other 'at their' rear ends so as to conform .with the sides of the bed, and secured. to 'zt sliding atook'whch isoperztted by a lever.

In the 4accompanying drawing- Figure lv-is a' front view ofc. machine constructed according to my invention; A Figure 2 is a partly sectional side view ofthe same;

end *i Figure 3 is a plan or top view thereof.

Similar letters of reference iridicate corresponding parts in the .several figures.

To enable others lskilled in the ait to make and use L iny invention, 1 will proceed to describe itsconstrixction and operation with reference to the-drawin". f

-A is the bed of the machine, the face ot' which tapers off in a.v reerwnrddirection, as shown by the dotted lin'es in iig.A 3. l

B. B are two standards, which are' arranged in freni;

0f one coinexj ofthe bed, in a line at right angies'to the end thereof,' and form guides for the entrance-of thehoop.

I Y At the rear end of the bed-A isenother standard,

C, which forms a stop to prevent the hoop from ex- I tending beyond the bed.v

The knives D D are arranged inv n. sliding block, E, with their edges inclined toward each other in a rem-werd direction, to coliform withA the tapering sides of the bed A, and tapered -unvarrd to give them n,

shear-like action.

The stock E slides on dovetniled tongues f f on the'frame i? F, and is operated by the lever.Gpiv o ted to zt rod, H, thereon, and having its fnlcrhm in a post, I, which is hinged-to oncpof the side pieces Foi' the frame, and is capable of adjusting itself to the throw of the lever G. p

'-vlhey hoop to belsharpened' is plaoedon the bed- A, with its end adjusted to stop O and with its side restfj ing 'against the guides B B.

, vThe knives D D'are thenforced down bythe lev'e'r vGf, and the hoop sharpened at one operation.

'lhe guides. B B are so arranged that they maybe.

hoop.

cliued towardeach-other in the sliding stockE which is operated bythe lever G, in combiuationwith the tapering bed Afsnbstantielly as and for the purpose herein described.'

LQBENZO N. HEWES.

Witnesses:` v

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adjusted toone side lor thesother for ltiny width "of A What .Ir-claim-as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isf-.- y 1 A The knives D 1 ),nrranged with their rearT'euds-in- 

